Kerry councillors frustrated at lack of progress on Killarney bypass project

Upgrade of route from Killarney to Tralee, bypassing the village of Farranfore and the town of Killarney, was first unveiled in 2008

Councillors told long-awaited 27km national roads project on the county's main N22 artery cannot progress because of a lack of funding for reports. File picture: Denis Minihane

Councillors in Kerry have voiced frustration after it emerged a long-awaited 27km national roads project on the county's main N22 artery cannot progress because of a lack of funding for reports.

Engineers were asked "to prove the new road would attract less traffic than the existing route", a meeting was told.